Made over 2,300 years ago, this Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes), is attributed to the Early Ptolemaic Period of Ancient Egypt and was found at Meir in Middle Egypt. Written on papyrus in hieratic script, it consists of 182 columns of spells, incantations, and prayers, accompanied by a continuous frieze of vignettes and larger drawings. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, its texts were intended to ensure Imhotep’s safe passage from death to eternal life, with